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Study for the portrait of Lady Caroline Spencer (née Russell), Duchess of Marlborough (1743-1811)

Maker

(artist)
1734-1802

Title

Study for the portrait of Lady Caroline Spencer (née Russell), Duchess of Marlborough (1743-1811)

Date of Production

(before) 1792

Medium

graphite, watercolour, bodycolour with some gum arabic and scraping on wove paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 44.7 cm
Width: 30.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1164

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

William Bateson, London (1861-1926), L.2604a; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 23 - 24 April 1929, lot 280; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.5); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

Literature

Alex Kidson, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2015)
p. 486-7
no. 1087
Refers to associated finished painting

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 40

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Label: Detached from old mount, now kept separately from file: graphite: artist's name and dates, title, collector and exhibition.

Inscription: Verso (obscured by backing sheet, visible via transmitted light but unclear): upper right, graphite?: "6 [?]";lower centre, graphite?: "161967 [?]".

Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower right corner, stamped in black: William Bateson (L.2604a); lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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